BIOLOGIST

Charles Chamberland

1851 - 1908

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Charles Edouard Chamberland (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ʃɑ̃bɛʁlɑ̃]; 12 March 1851 – 2 May 1908) was a French microbiologist from Chilly-le-Vignoble in the department of Jura who worked with Louis Pasteur. Chamberland was present at Pouilly-le-Fort when the efficacy of the anthrax vaccine, which he had made with Emile Roux, was validated. Following this success, Chamberland was put in charge of mass-producing the anthrax vaccine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Chamberland has received more than 104,686 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Chamberland is the 321st most popular biologist (up from 340th in 2019), the 2,656th most popular biography from France (up from 2,827th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles Chamberland ranks 321 out of 1,097Before him are Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Otto Friedrich Müller, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, John Sulston, Rupert Sheldrake, and Bruce Beutler. After him are Eugenius Warming, Phillip Allen Sharp, Michał Boym, Armen Takhtajan, Erich von Tschermak, and Philibert Commerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Charles Chamberland ranks 47Before him are Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Luis Ricardo Falero, Alois Jirásek, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Aristide Bruant, and Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Melvil Dewey, Oliver Lodge, Otto Schott, Taytu Betul, Anton Haus, and George Abraham Grierson. Among people deceased in 1908, Charles Chamberland ranks 41Before him are Sundance Kid, Joseph Freinademetz, Andrew Graham, François Coppée, Sidney Paget, and Richard Gerstl. After him are Ludovic Halévy, Belle Gunness, Ouida, Friedrich Traun, Georgy Voronoy, and Mustafa Kamil Pasha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Chamberland ranks 2,656 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Françaix (1912), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Émile Augier (1820), André Frossard (1915), Germain Pilon (1525), and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758). After him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Georges d'Amboise (1460), François Mignet (1796), Louis Trousselier (1881), and Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198).

Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Charles Chamberland ranks 41Before him are Johann Hermann (1738), Félix d'Herelle (1873), Charles Plumier (1646), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), and Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752). After him are Philibert Commerson (1727), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Magnol (1638), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), and Achille Richard (1794).